[quiet music playing] [water rushing] NARRATOR: With spring in the
air on the Oar homestead-- My brother and I are going to
run south here about 50 miles and go turkey hunting. NARRATOR: --life's getting
back to normal, just in time for the last big hunting
season of the year. I feel healthy. Healthy enough to shoot
a damn turkey, anyhow. [alarm sounding] WOMAN: Well, if it's
flashing red, press it. Press both buttons. NARRATOR: For the
past two months, Tom's been on doctor's
orders to take it easy and wired to a
heart monitor 24/7. He's got this vest
on for his heart. And this is a monitor. There's actually
a defibrillator. If his heart should quit, this
shocks it back into rhythm. NARRATOR: But now
he's finally free. Tom went in and had an
echogram on his heart, and the numbers of his
heart strength are up. So off with the vest
and on with life. And he is getting better. I think she's ready to go. It was real neat to get
rid of that life vest that I wore because,
now that it's gone, I can do my own thing. Hi. How are you, buddy? JACK OAR: I'm OK. Looks like a nice day for it. Any day's a nice day for it. [laughs] You're a
man after my own heart. All right. I got the necessities. [laughs] All right. I bet you're glad to
get rid of us, huh? [laughs] I think it's gonna
be a great time, you guys going. All right. Bye, baby. Bye. We'll be back with the turkey. [laughs] You guys have fun. [laughs] Get that
cornbread dressing ready. WOMAN: All right.
- Love you. Be safe out there. I love you. I've done what I wanted
to do most all of my life. I had a job one time
back in the '60s. Ever since, I've created
my own lifestyle. I've been lucky, really lucky. Let's go shoot a turkey. Yeah. NARRATOR: Wild turkeys typically
live in hardwood forests, where they feed on nuts,
seeds, and insects. TOM OAR: They're big birds. There's lots of meat on them. A big tom goes easily
25 pounds, a big one. NARRATOR: The best way to locate
the elusive birds is to listen. Sit down on this log. Let's call for a bit. JACK OAR: Good idea. It's a custom call a
friend of mine made for me. Yeah, it's really neat. And by cranking
on the lid of it-- [turkey call] --that makes the imitation of a
hen turkey looking for a mate. Usually the best time to use
it is in the spring like this. Yeah. [turkey call] [turkey gobbles] Well, that's good. I mean, every time we've clucked
this call, he's answered. JACK OAR: Yeah. Yeah. NARRATOR: Tom and Jack
have located their prey. We need to find a spot
where I can set up the blind. We need to get set up
before he knows we're here. [laughs] Yeah. They can't smell you,
but they can spot you way better than you can spot them. NARRATOR: But to get them
close enough to shoot, they'll need to set a trap. I'm just looking
for two trees that are about 6 or 8 feet apart. We set the decoys up in here? Maybe put our blind
right in there? This decoy here is a young male. And this one here
is an adult female. It should get the
boys all rattled. Got this old raincoat we could
use for a little bit of cover. This is an old
Boy Scout slicker. I was a Cub Scout for
a day and quit them. They were too soft. [laughs] We just opened the whole
thing up into a rectangular. So now all it is just a
shield that both my brother and I can sit side by side. There's a face mask. NARRATOR: While turkeys don't
have a great sense of smell, they are notoriously
skittish and will spot anything out of the ordinary. We had to cover
our bright faces. [laughs] They can't see
us cock our guns and make any moves we have
to do to get ready to shoot. My gun is a
single-barrel Iver Johnson, probably as old as what I am. And the gun my brother
was using is twice as old. The gun was made
about 100 years before I was born by a guy that
was the designated gunmaker to Queen Victoria. I don't like guns that
are made after I was born. TOM OAR: You ready? Yep, I'm ready. [turkey call] TOM OAR: They're just
not answering up. JACK OAR: Sometimes
it just takes time. TOM OAR: You got
to have patience. [turkey call] You've been sitting there behind
this blind for hours and hours. You want it to finally
pay off, you know. [turkey call] [turkey gobbles] NARRATOR: Finally,
the flock is in sight. [turkey gobbles] Give them a little call there. [turkey call] NARRATOR: But they need
to move within 50 yards to ensure a clean kill. [turkey call] They're all kind of
hung up right here-- [turkey call] --behind that dirt pile. [turkey call] Oh, come on, you guys. JACK OAR: Bunch of them
went behind the mound. Them turkeys all
went kind of behind it. And they go out of sight. They're coming closer. I think we should shoot. [turkey gobbles] I think we better take them. Ready? JACK OAR: Ready. 1, 2, 3. We got two of them. JACK OAR: Doesn't
look like we're going to have to chase them, either. It took a long time
to get a damn turkey. JACK OAR: Yeah. [laughs] The object was for
both of us to get one. We had to wait until
there was enough of them there to where we
could both get a shot. Here's the bird. Congratulations. Yeah. Same to you, bud. What a beauty. Look how pretty. What a nice bird, huh? JACK OAR: Yeah. TOM OAR: Lots of meat
there, isn't there? NARRATOR: The bird weighs
in at about 20 pounds. TOM OAR: Let's check
this one out here. They're big birds. There's lots of meat on them. NARRATOR: And the
second is even larger, enough for a good family feast. All right. [laughs] This is
like Thanksgiving. Yeah. We got turkey wings. We got feathers for
fletching arrows. And we got wing bones. We can make them
wing-bone turkey calls. Yeah. And we can eat them. Sounds good to me. NARRATOR: Now all
that remains is a long hike back to the truck. They got a little
weight to them, too, huh? Yeah. [laughs] Guess we should have
shot littler ones. JACK OAR: Maybe we should have
just herded them to the truck and then shot them. TOM OAR: [laughs]
